SCIAKY – BERGAMO – VERGARI – CASTAMAN
LA LEGGENDA DELLA MERLA – Vol. 1
… Four ‘little pieces of paper’ contended by forces ready to do anything to get hold of them and which have become her obsession ever since, as a child, cruel fate decided that she would become their guardian, condemning her to a life of fear and loneliness.
The first volume of this photographic novel opens up to never-before-seen views of the city of Milan at the moment when our protagonist makes a discovery that seems to redeem her from all her efforts up to that moment: a map with the symbol of the Loggia della Merla Bianca. The same one on the cover of her precious manuscript.
• STORY AND PHOTOS | MILO SCIAKY
• DRAWINGS | SARA BERGAMO
• COLORING | LEONARDO VERGARI
• LETTERING | ELENA CASTAMAN
• GRAPHIC PROJECT | AROUND GALLERY STUDIO
• PRICE € 25,00
AVAILABLE FROM MARCH 12
AROUND GALLERY MILANO
THE PROCESS: FROM THE PHOTOS TO THE LETTERING
The creation process behing this project embraces different languages of visual communication.
It all started with the script which pointed at the environments to be shot. Once they the layouts for the photos was finalised, the
illustrator populated them by inserting character sketches into the scenes according to the intended poses. Once the storyboard was approved, she began working on the fine details with pencil drawing followed by the inking.
The colourist then took charge of laying down the spot colours on the characters while at the same time the photographer carried on the
post-production aimed at adding character and atmosphere to the background images with the goal of reaching the most effective
result for the drawn shadows and lights in comparison to the actual ones of the photographs.
Through the arrangement of the balloons and lettering, it was finally achieved the proper layout of a comic, and made possible the subsequent analysis of the elements of illustration and inserts with which the book was enriched.
